And now for something weird...

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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https://www.apnews.com/082ab3d8f16d4360bf9ade45c41925f8
Ahn Chang-gun, from the southeastern city of Gimhae, said he felt “empty” when his first child became 2 on Jan. 1, 2013, about two weeks after his wife delivered him after eight years of marriage. “He was this precious baby that we finally had, but I felt that all of a sudden two years had just gone by and yet I hadn’t done anything for my baby,” said Ahn.
:confused:
 

atferrari

Joined Jan 6, 2004
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Flying tires:


Bertus
While driving in night time at 120 Km/h, I got the nasty surprise of a split rim from the truck ahead, coming straight to me. The truck on my right precluded any attempt to evade it. Extensive damage but I could reach home safe.

The insurance company played all tricks trying to just "repair" the hood.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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Maybe including us in that society. Whatever "us" would mean at the time.
http://chinamediaproject.org/2019/02/13/the-dawn-of-the-little-red-phone/
This is most evident in the points system employed by the “Xi Study Strong Nation,” the way it is engineered to make demands, in actionable and measurable ways, on how Party members spend what might otherwise be considered their personal time.

The idea is that users of the platform earn points through their active engagement with the material, so that more time on the platform rewards more points. Reading one article earns you 0.1 points. Watching a single video earns you 0.1 points. And a full 30 minutes of either reading articles or viewing video content earns you a full 1.0 points. The beauty of digital media technology — disquieting for those who care about privacy and freedom from intrusion — is that our smart apps know a great deal about our actual behaviour.
Like “The Little Red Book” of the Mao Zedong era, “Xi Study Strong Nation” puts the core thought of the supreme leader in the palm of your hand. But the book has been revolutionised. It now interacts with you, and takes the measure of you. It can determine just how “smart” you are when it comes to your devotion and your grasp of the ideological essentials.

Long live the digital dictatorship.
 
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